Good article. The take away is TSA is broken and needs to go away. I’m pretty sure EVERYONE in the US agrees and they don’t buy into the need for airport security theatrics anymore.

“So what if some of the magazines say it’s not as good as the BMW M4. With an extra eleven grand in your pocket that means you are just some easy mods and sticky rubber away from smashing the Germans in any contest you can find.”

I’m not sure why the car would seem like it had no power — although, it was a rental, so who the hell knows what life it had led — but as far as gas mileage, that’s the catch with turbocharging.

Agreed - I think Ford really blew the opportunity to make a shouty CTS-V/M5/S6 fighter by not offering the 5.0 as an option in the Taurus SHO. I say they could blow everyone out of the water now with a slightly de-tuned 5.0 in this, paired to the Mustang’s manual. The question is, though: Would that platform be able…

I can’t speak for Mercedes-Benz, but BMW and Audi are very conservative with their power figures.

The Audis are also severly underrated. The old B8 S4 did 0-60 in 4.4 seconds with “only 333HP”. The new one is lighter, and has more power/TQ, so expect it to do 0-60 in at least 4.4 or better..

I feel like out of the 3 “American” automakers right now... Ford is the only one doing things right. Dodge and Chevy just don’t get it.

Police officers can’t seem to get a break. They are being yelled at for not firing on a civilian. And you know if they had drawn their guns it would have been another viral display of police brutality.

Might be viable in a rural area or in some place out west miles from anywhere, but in Manhattan the missed shots are more likely to end up someplace bad, and shots on target are unlikely to help stop the car in any significant way.

Particularly the engine, which holds explosions.

In my new-to-me car, which is six years old, one of the few things that annoys me is that I can no longer comfortably rest my arm on the window sill when driving around. I’m not tall (5'9") but I was able to do that in the much older car I just replaced. It’s an issue I’ve noticed in rental cars recently too, though…

For vehicles of this class and size, and particularly when you include a wagon in the mix, I would have expected at least some mention of rear seating room. That was a huge issue during my last car search. I have three kids and neat a car that can seat 5. It was amazing how many full size cars couldn’t do that well.

A few months ago, I did a fun little experiment where I matched the M2's length / wheelbase etc to previous generations of the M3. The M2's length is 176 inches, which is just 2 inches longer than the E36 M3, and the exact same length as the E46 M3. Comparing on wheelbase, the M2 slots just an inch or two shorter than…

A “survivor” has suffered the unfortunate and cruel whims of fate or chance. A “survivor” has endured what insurance companies still call an “act of God”.

In this week’s SI, there’s a quote that really struck me:

So basically a Holden?